| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie from his nephew James Duff, London, regarding various commissions including a lottery ticket, late harvest, wife recovering from illness in the country but children well, letter goes by Lord Fife, helping Montcoffer’s sons on their way to Lisbon, receipt of only the cover of a letter, good sale of wine in Quebec but return cargo will not sell well as the market is saturated with American goods, difficulties in sending ships to Madeira, news of shipping, delays in payment meaning expenses have to be curtailed, a good season for wines, loss of a ship off Jamaica, 24 October 1787. Enclosed letter from John Bremner, Tobago, to Robert Duff, with letter from Robert Duff to his brother James, with update on commissions and business in Madeira, 19 October 1787. With wrapper |